The Equalizer (1985–1989): Season 3, Episode 3 - Suspicion of Innocence - full transcript
McCall is hired by the mother of a mentally challenged man falsely charged in the murder of his coworker.
Joe, no !
They're after me. They
say that I killed her.
David Baylor is mentally retarded.
He's not crazy. There is
quite a difference, you know.
I never should have let
him have that apartment.
I should have kept him at home.
I'll get you out of here, I promise you.
What is the charge ?
Murder in the second degree.
- He doesn't understand.
- Stay out of the way !
Help me, Robert, please !
It's ***, Davy.
Hey, Will. Look, I've got eight of them.
I'm impressed. It's ten after six.
We're not getting paid overtime, amigo.
Mr. Zavich told me to
price these right away.
Mr Zavich...
Hey, Will, next time
I'm going to get ten.
Right, chief.
Davy ? Hey, Davy !
Hey, it's Julio's retirement
party. Did you forget ?
No, Cheryl, I didn't get an invitation.
Nobody got an invitation, silly.
It was all word of mouth.
Word of mouth !
I didn't get that neither.
Come on !
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow !
Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
For he's a jolly good fellow.
For he's a jolly good fellow.
For he's a jolly good fellow !
Let go of me !
You're hurting me !
I'm going home.
Let go !
Please !
What are you doing ?
Don't !
No !
Hey, what's going on ?
My God, Cheryl !
Don't worry, Cheryl.
Everything is gonna be okay.
Everything will be fine. Just fine.
Just...
Don't !
Freeze !
Don't make another move !
Hands up ! Slow !
- Don't !
- I said freeze !
Property of DAVY BAYLOR
601 W. 53rd St. #C
New York, N.Y. 10036
Oh no !
Hello ! Hello !
Hello. Mr. Equalizer ?
This is David Baylor.
Mr Equalizer ?
Yes. Davy.
Davy ?
Oh ! Davy !
I need you to help me.
Davy, do you know what time it is ?
It's around 05:00 a.m.
But, the police did...
They think I killed somebody.
Say that... What did you say ?
The police, they're after me.
They say that I killed her.
Killed her ?
Did you, Davy ?
Did you kill anyone, Davy?
No ! I like Cheryl ! She's my friend.
God, help me, please !
All right, David, you just
calm down. I'll help you.
We're going to have to meet
somewhere. Somewhere safe.
I have a tree house.
- Hello !
- Hello, Davy !
Thank you for coming, Mr. Equalizer.
Davy, would you please do me a favor?
Would you not call me Mr. Equalizer?
My name is Robert.
You you know that well enough.
Do you wanna...
- Do you want to sit down, Robert ?
- No, thank you.
Hey, you have a gun !
The police, they aimed their guns at me.
They were going to shoot me.
No one's going to shoot you, Davy,
because you got a friend here now.
Me.
- Hey, is that your secret tree house ?
- Aha.
Only me and a couple of
people at work know about it.
I think it's a fine
place, with a great view.
You can see half the city from here.
- Tell me something, Davy.
- Yeah?
Do you live with anyone now ?
No. I moved out of
my mom six months ago.
I sleep there a couple of nights a week.
Hey, you're not going
to tell her, are you ?
I think I have to do that, don't you ?
No. Because that's not
why I bought you up here.
Because if you tell her, she's
going to make me quit my job
and I'll have to leave my place.
And I haven't had anybody over for dinner.
Davy Baylor, don't you
dare stamp your foot at me.
Now listen, you call me at all times of
the day or night with all your problems.
I always answer, I'm always there.
But now you have a serious problem.
So, now is not the
time to throw a tantrum.
Certainly, Davy Baylor, not at me.
All right ?
Now your mother will be told.
You have to accept that.
And then we can move on.
Okay.
All right. Come on, Davy.
You tell me what happened
to your last night.
Okay.
I left work and I was
walking down the alley
and I heard Cheryl
scream and I ran to her
and she was hurt bad.
And this man, he ran away.
Did you see the man ?
No. Yes. I couldn't see his face, but...
Just Cheryl lying there.
It was awful, Robert.
I'm sure it was. Davy.
Is there anything you can
tell me about this man ?
No, nothing.
- Did you see a weapon ?
- You mean, like a gun ?
Gun, knife.
No, none of them.
All right. After the man
ran away, what did you do ?
I held her as tight as I could.
But she died.
I tell you what we're going to do, Davy.
I'm going to take you to the police station
and I want you to tell the
police exactly what you've told me.
No, they'll throw me in jail.
They won't, Davy.
They won't, Davy.
They will believe you as I believe you.
Do you promise ?
I promise.
Now, come on.
All right, Davy, let's try it again.
See if you can tell us
what the killer looks like.
I can't...
Lieutenant, Davy has already told you three
times that he didn't see the man's face.
It's rather convenient
for him, wouldn't you say ?
Well, what I would say is that
if you continue in this vein,
we shall just sit here in complete silence
until Davy's lawyer and his guardian arrived.
Yeah !
Just trying to interview
a witness, McCall.
Not a suspect.
What is it ?
Results from latent printing.
Fingerprints on the murder weapon match
the ones on his lunchbox perfectly.
You mean, it was found at the site ?
Galvanized pipe. Victims blood on it.
You better get his lawyer, McCall.
I'm going to have to
read him his rights.
All right, Davy, stand up.
You're under arrest.
Where are you taking me ?
Robert !
What do they going to do to me ?
Davy, I'll get you out of here.
Soon. I promise you.
You promised before.
I don't believe you anymore.
No ! No !
Robert !
I want that man protected
in here, in this precinct.
I do not want him moved
to the tombs or put in a pen.
He's a murder suspect, McCall.
- He has to go to the tombs.
- Come on, Lieutenant Kramer !
- To start with it, he didn't have a motive.
- Well, there could be several.
For one, she was a
very good looking woman.
Maybe he felt he'd never get
close to her, so he flipped out.
Lieutenant, Davy Baylor
is mentally retarded.
He is not crazy. And there is a
great difference, you know.
I'll be back.
Mrs. Baylor !
I'm Robert McCall.
When we spoke, you assured me that
there would be no reason to worry.
How can they think that
Davy could do such a thing ?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Baylor,
but at the moment they seem to have
a great deal of evidence against Davy.
I want to see my son.
No, Mrs. Baylor, you can't see him now.
Only a lawyer can see
him until the arrangement.
I wish that his teachers from the
center were here and able to see this.
Always pushing me to mainstream Davy.
I never should have let
him have that apartment.
I should have kept him at home.
You could hardly keep him
at home forever, Mrs. Baylor.
And what are you going to
do for him, Mr. McCall ?
I'm going to find out
who killed that girl,
so that your son is not
convicted for the crime.
That's what I'm going
to do, Mrs. Baylor.
In a case like Davy's, Mrs. Baylor, they
may want to keep him for observations.
They think he's crazy ?
No, they just want to see that
he understands what's happening,
so he can stand trial.
Davy is coming in now.
Try to look cheery, okay ?
Mom !
Mom !
Mom, I don't like this place.
Turn around and be quiet.
All rise !
Court is in session !
Present the first case.
*** number 2743.
People of the State of New York
versus David William Baylor.
What is the charge ?
Murder in the second degree.
Counselor.
Do you waive a reading of the
warrant of arrest and the charges ?
The defendant waive three.
District Attorney,
you wish to be heard on *** ?
Yes, Your Honor. We do wish to be ***
Since the mandatory sentence for his crimes,
15 years of life.
the state ask that the prisoner
*** in to custodyo of this court
for psychiatric examination.
No !
Stop !
Davy !
Davy !
You can come out.
It's me, Robert.
Davy !
I'm not going back there.
I won't let you take me back.
Davy, I'm not taking you back.
This place isn't safe.
Yes, it is.
Davy, you told me yourself that
friends from work know about this place.
Now, I want to take you somewhere
where the police won't find you.
No !
- Davy !
- I don't trust you anymore.
Davy, you have to trust me.
I'm the only one you can trust.
Wait there. Don't move.
Davy, you go into the water tank.
What ?
Go into your tree-house and don't
come out till I come back for you.
Don't forget.
Say where you are. Don't come out.
Hold it ! McCall ?
- Lieutenant ?
- Is he up there, McCall ?
Oh, yes, absolutely.
Yes. That's why I am on my way down.
Lieutenant, nobody
makes a fool out of me.
Certainly not a boy like that.
I want him as much as
you do now, believe me.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I'll call you when I find him.
As I told you before, you're going
to do a little play acting here, Davy.
See, I want you to relive that
night so that we can find the man.
I'm scared.
There's no need to be scared.
Come on, you and me together, we
could take on the world, right?
Anyway, it's just the two of us here.
Just the two of us.
There she is ghost !
No. No, Davy. Davy, it's not a ghost.
Come here, Davy. Look.
Just look. There's chalk.
Come on.
Come on, see.
It's just chalk.
See what the police had to do ?
They had to draw an outline of
her as she was lying on the ground.
Remember when you were a child...
It didn't happened to me.
You take a pencil and you draw the outline,
you trace around your hand, remember ?
On a piece of paper ?
That's all that is. Just tracing, just chalk.
Alright ?
Right, now, what I want
you to do is tell me
where you were standing that
night when you saw what you saw.
- There !
- Over there ?
Okay, you go there. All right ?
It's alright, I'm here. You go there.
Now, Davy...
This isn't going to
be easy, Davy, I know.
But I want you to take your mind back
to that moment, on that night and I want
you to tell me exactly what you saw.
Come on, Davy, don't
be frightened. I'm here.
We're here together.
I'm here to protect you.
You're hurting me !
Let go !
Please !
What are you doing ?
Don't !
No !
Cheryl !
Cheryl !
Cheryl !
Please, Cheryl, wake up !
Cheryl !
It's him !
Come on, Davy,
tell me in exact detail,
what can you see ?
Come on !
- I see his feet.
- His feet ?
What's he wearing on his
feet, Davy ? Shoes? Boots?
- Sneakers?
- Boots. Tan boots.
Come on, Davy, tell me. Tell me what you see.
Tell me in every detail what do you see.
He's wearing pants. Tan pants.
They have a stripe going down the lane.
They're just like mine.
Just like mine at work.
Just like all the shipping clerks wear.
Good man, Davy. Good man.
Good man, good man.
- Hello, Jimmy. How are you ?
- Terrible.
My marriage counselor just
broke up with his wife.
- Why should that worry you ?
- He's sleeping on my couch.
You have got such good taste
in safe houses. Always have.
I got a job for you.
Pay's the usual amount.
I want you to run a
name through the system.
Who is it ?
Young girl, killed yesterday.
Name is Cheryl Jansen.
I want you to follow her paper trail.
Weddings, divorce, bad
credit, usual stuff.
And then when you found it,
I want you to come back here.
- For dinner ?
- No, no, no.
I wish you to look after a friend of mine.
A boy called Davy Baylor.
- The suspect in the murder ?
- He's innocent. He didn't do it.
He's a nice lad.
He's mentally retarded.
You want me to babysit this guy ?
It's okay, Jimmy.
He's quite capable of looking after himself.
Just want you to watch
out for him, that's all.
Robert, I don't know.
People like him make me uncomfortable.
- Davy !
- McCall !
Davy !
Davy, want you to meet
a friend of mine, Jimmy.
Hi. Davy Baylor. What's your name?
- Jimmy.
- Jimmy...
Try to make him feel comfortable, Davy.
- Come in, Mr. McCall.
- Thank you.
How is he ?
Oh, he's fine, Mrs. Baylor. He's really fine.
I want to see Davy.
Since his father died,
he's all I've got.
Would you like to come over
here for a minute. Please.
See the two gentlemen in that car ?
They are New York Police Department,
and they would love you to try
leave here to see your son.
How do you plan to get back
to him without being followed ?
Mrs. Baylor, they are here
specifically to watch you.
If I discovered I was being
followed, I would know it.
And I have certain ways of losing them.
Well, then why can't
I go along with you ?
Because, if you left here
with me, they would follow us
and they call out the
fleet, and that is too risky.
Please, I want to see my son.
Well, maybe there is a way.
Mrs. Baylor, you have living
staff here, don't you ?
Yes.
Thank you, Mr. McCall.
Two pair.
Flush.
Queen high.
What is this queen high flush thing?
I mean, are you a mechanic or what?
No, I never worked on cars.
Davy, go in the bedroom. I'll handle this.
Davy !
What is going on ?
***
Davy !
Davy, your mother come to see you.
Hi, mom. You want to play
some five cards stud ?
Oh Davy ! Oh my baby !
- Everything is going to be okay.
- Yeah.
I promise.
Jimmy.
- Hey, you know what I did ?
- What ?
I played cards...
Find anything ?
Cheryl had a husband, an older husband.
A few weeks ago, his credit card
placed him in Duluth on business.
Meanwhile, her charge
plate stacking up the bills
that shape beneath
the Roxy & the Rivers End Motel in Connecticut.
So, Cheryl Jansen having an affair.
- The jealous husband got to be the killer.
- No, I doubt that.
You see, the man Davy saw
was wearing a shipping clerk's uniform.
He worked in the
department store with Davy ?
Apparently.
And Cheryl Jansen.
I got a copy of that motel registry.
The fellow she was shacked up with
goes by the name of Will Rattigan.
Davy, do you know
anybody called Rattigan?
Will Rattigan ?
Sure, he's a friend of mine.
We work at the department store together.
- Mr. Rattigan ?
- Yeah.
Mind if I join you?
- Who are you ?
- I'm a friend of Davy Baylors.
It's too bad about Davy.
He was a buddy of mine too.
I never suspected he was...
Go on.
Suspected what ?
That he was capable of
doing something like that.
Oh, but he isn't, is he ?
What ? You think he's innocent ?
Oh yes. I know he's innocent.
To start with, he had no motive.
You, on the other hand,
were seen arguing with Cheryl Jansen
on that very evening, weren't you ?
What is this ?
What is this ?
Who are you, man ?
Are you some kind of a cop ?
No, no.
I get it. Davy's mother
hired you, didn't she ?
She told you to nail somebody with this
beef so her sick old son could run wild.
Get out of here !
Interesting use of the word beef.
Prison jargon, isn't it?
For a criminal charge ?
Look at you. Chair
pressed against the wall,
covering your back like
some paranoid inmate.
What are you saying, man ?
You can always tell.
You've been inside, don't you ?
Why? No, no, let me guess.
You are the kind of man who, when
having a lover's quarrel, brutalizes her, is it ?
Even kills her ?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, try this for a theory.
You wanted Cheryl Jansen
to leave her husband.
She wouldn't.
You couldn't stand
it, so you killed her.
How's that ?
What are you doing with my cup ?
Newspapers said that Davy's fingerprints
were the only ones found in the murder weapon.
Oh, you can't always trust
the newspapers, can't you ?
I know what you are, Mr. Rattigan.
All I have to do is prove it.
I will.
That's right, run away.
Prove my point.
Dad, listen to me.
I am talking about a murder charge here.
You didn't do it, you got
nothing to worry about.
No, I don't think you understand.
They're trying to make
a scapegoat out of me
because they feel so sorry
for that psycho idiot.
Dad, I was walking home
alone when Cheryl got killed.
Now, if the cops come
looking for me, what do I got ?
A record for assault and no alibi.
Look, if anybody asks, just tell them you
picked me up after work and you took me home.
- Now, is that so hard ?
- You call that boy a psycho idiot ?
Used to call him a friend.
Used to go over to his little hideout,
drink a beer with him now and then.
I liked that.
Thought maybe you were finally
learning something about compassion.
What the hell are you talking about ?
Davy's a murderer.
Is he, Will ?
What are you saying to me ?
I used to pray for you, Will.
I used to pray you grow
up without my disease.
But I shouldn't.
I just get the hell out.
Because watching me
batter you mother around
you'll learn things that
no prayer could ever erase.
You think I killed her.
Are you going to help me or not ?
I'm through making excuses for you, Will.
It's *** apartments.
Look, lady, McCall specifically told me...
- Don't "lady" me, Jimmy !
- ... don't let you step out of this...
Davy's prescription has got to be filled or
he's in danger of losing his equilibrium.
Look, lady, it's not like we're playing
a full court game of basketball here.
Let him sit around for a few days.
When things cool off, he could...
Davy needs his medicine every 6 hours.
Now, either you go get this prescription
field or I'm going to go myself.
All right, but I am
doing this under protest.
Don't... Don't go near those windows.
Of course not.
Mom, I never fall down.
What was that all about ?
Come on, Davy, we're
getting out of here, okay ?
No ! Mom, Robert said
to stay right here.
I don't care what Robert said.
I am your mother, and I'm
telling you it is not safe here.
Now, I'm going to take you out of
the city. Now, come on, let's go.
- No, mom !
- Davy, come on !
You got a lot of guts, you know that ?
Coming in here and trying to play
God with me, with my son's life.
Aren't you the one who's trying to play God,
Mr. Rattigan and with Davy Baylor's life ?
You really intend to sacrifice a
man who is innocent ?
- If you had a son...
- I do have a son.
Could you turn him in ?
If my son were trying to lay
the blame on an innocent man,
which would mean that
he would be free to
possibly brutalize more young
women, yes, I would turn him in.
I would have to turn him in.
Please help me with this, Mr. Rattigan.
Tell me what you know. Give me
any proof you have, please.
Come on, Davy.
The plane is leaving right now.
Come on !
... and would arrive at gate 863.
Hey, where is ***
He's in Canada.
Hey, that is far away.
Don't worry about far away, it's safe.
- That's what important.
- No, mom !
I'm running away again like a bad man.
- Like I deserve to ***.
- Davy, please !
Robert says that I'm a good man
and I shouldn't have no run anymore
Davy, baby...
Mom, I'm not a baby !
Don't call me baby. I don't want to go !
But you have to go, do
you hear me, Davy Baylor ?
- You have to. Now, come on !
- No !
Davy !
Leave me alone !
I'm not going !
Jimmy, any luck ?
The computer is down.
We will have to check all the gates.
You better get to the boarding ***
I'll call Kostmayer, ***
Robert...
Where is he ?
I don't know. He ran away from me.
Jimmy, stay with her !
I know where he might have gone.
Yes, so do I.
Mr. McCall, I'm sorry,
It's not me to whom you
should apologize, Mrs. Baylor.
Hello, Mr. Rattigan.
Why don't you put that weapon down
before things get worse for you ?
Back off, man.
Back off !
You've got nothing on me.
But I do an eyewitness, Davy Baylor.
I also have the boots
that you were wearing,
spattered with the girl's blood.
You're lying.
Your father gave them to me.
Come on, put the weapon down.
Don't be a fool !
Davy !
Hey, man, where are you ?
Davy !
Davy !
I'm hurt !
Get off the tree house !
Davy, get out of there !
Run *** !
No, Will !
Are you all right ?
Get up on your feet !
***
Now, find a weapon. Find something.
A piece of wood
or a bar or something.
Now, fight for me, Davy !
Come on !
Come on. Right, now, listen.
He's going to come down these stairs.
It's the only way he can come down.
Davy, run from the stairs !
Now !
Leave him !
Leave him alone.
Robert, who is it ?
The police, Davy.
Is the police.
No !
No, they won't hurt me !
Davy, put the gun down !
***
Help... Help me, Robert !
Drop the gun !
Help me, Robert, please !
Low your weapons.
- He doesn't understand.
- Stay out of the way !
Steady.
Put the gun down, Davy.
Davy, please !
I'm an old, tired man.
And I'm in pain,
Now, you are young and you are strong
and you have already won
this battle, Davy, without a gun.
You've won it. You're the kind of
man who doesn't need a gun.
Now, would you please give it to me ?
Please. Come on.
Davy...
They're not going to hurt me ?
You're not going to
hurt him, are you, sergeant ?
No, we won't hurt him.
They're not gonna hurt you, Davy.
Come on, give me the gun.
Please.
Good man, Davy.
Good man.
- Mom, say thank you to Robert.
- Thank you, Robert !
Not at all, Irene.
- Oh, I'm...
- It's all right. It's all right.
Now, listen, I want you two guys to come over
my place for dinner, Wednesday night, okay?
- Right, right.
- Cooking cheeseburgers.
You're on !
Mom, you can come, too.
Okay.
Davy !
May I take you home ?
No, mom. I know my own way home.
Come on, Irene, will take you home.
Jimmy, you drive.
Transcribed by Adr1an
They're after me. They
say that I killed her.
David Baylor is mentally retarded.
He's not crazy. There is
quite a difference, you know.
I never should have let
him have that apartment.
I should have kept him at home.
I'll get you out of here, I promise you.
What is the charge ?
Murder in the second degree.
- He doesn't understand.
- Stay out of the way !
Help me, Robert, please !
It's ***, Davy.
Hey, Will. Look, I've got eight of them.
I'm impressed. It's ten after six.
We're not getting paid overtime, amigo.
Mr. Zavich told me to
price these right away.
Mr Zavich...
Hey, Will, next time
I'm going to get ten.
Right, chief.
Davy ? Hey, Davy !
Hey, it's Julio's retirement
party. Did you forget ?
No, Cheryl, I didn't get an invitation.
Nobody got an invitation, silly.
It was all word of mouth.
Word of mouth !
I didn't get that neither.
Come on !
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow !
Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
For he's a jolly good fellow.
For he's a jolly good fellow.
For he's a jolly good fellow !
Let go of me !
You're hurting me !
I'm going home.
Let go !
Please !
What are you doing ?
Don't !
No !
Hey, what's going on ?
My God, Cheryl !
Don't worry, Cheryl.
Everything is gonna be okay.
Everything will be fine. Just fine.
Just...
Don't !
Freeze !
Don't make another move !
Hands up ! Slow !
- Don't !
- I said freeze !
Property of DAVY BAYLOR
601 W. 53rd St. #C
New York, N.Y. 10036
Oh no !
Hello ! Hello !
Hello. Mr. Equalizer ?
This is David Baylor.
Mr Equalizer ?
Yes. Davy.
Davy ?
Oh ! Davy !
I need you to help me.
Davy, do you know what time it is ?
It's around 05:00 a.m.
But, the police did...
They think I killed somebody.
Say that... What did you say ?
The police, they're after me.
They say that I killed her.
Killed her ?
Did you, Davy ?
Did you kill anyone, Davy?
No ! I like Cheryl ! She's my friend.
God, help me, please !
All right, David, you just
calm down. I'll help you.
We're going to have to meet
somewhere. Somewhere safe.
I have a tree house.
- Hello !
- Hello, Davy !
Thank you for coming, Mr. Equalizer.
Davy, would you please do me a favor?
Would you not call me Mr. Equalizer?
My name is Robert.
You you know that well enough.
Do you wanna...
- Do you want to sit down, Robert ?
- No, thank you.
Hey, you have a gun !
The police, they aimed their guns at me.
They were going to shoot me.
No one's going to shoot you, Davy,
because you got a friend here now.
Me.
- Hey, is that your secret tree house ?
- Aha.
Only me and a couple of
people at work know about it.
I think it's a fine
place, with a great view.
You can see half the city from here.
- Tell me something, Davy.
- Yeah?
Do you live with anyone now ?
No. I moved out of
my mom six months ago.
I sleep there a couple of nights a week.
Hey, you're not going
to tell her, are you ?
I think I have to do that, don't you ?
No. Because that's not
why I bought you up here.
Because if you tell her, she's
going to make me quit my job
and I'll have to leave my place.
And I haven't had anybody over for dinner.
Davy Baylor, don't you
dare stamp your foot at me.
Now listen, you call me at all times of
the day or night with all your problems.
I always answer, I'm always there.
But now you have a serious problem.
So, now is not the
time to throw a tantrum.
Certainly, Davy Baylor, not at me.
All right ?
Now your mother will be told.
You have to accept that.
And then we can move on.
Okay.
All right. Come on, Davy.
You tell me what happened
to your last night.
Okay.
I left work and I was
walking down the alley
and I heard Cheryl
scream and I ran to her
and she was hurt bad.
And this man, he ran away.
Did you see the man ?
No. Yes. I couldn't see his face, but...
Just Cheryl lying there.
It was awful, Robert.
I'm sure it was. Davy.
Is there anything you can
tell me about this man ?
No, nothing.
- Did you see a weapon ?
- You mean, like a gun ?
Gun, knife.
No, none of them.
All right. After the man
ran away, what did you do ?
I held her as tight as I could.
But she died.
I tell you what we're going to do, Davy.
I'm going to take you to the police station
and I want you to tell the
police exactly what you've told me.
No, they'll throw me in jail.
They won't, Davy.
They won't, Davy.
They will believe you as I believe you.
Do you promise ?
I promise.
Now, come on.
All right, Davy, let's try it again.
See if you can tell us
what the killer looks like.
I can't...
Lieutenant, Davy has already told you three
times that he didn't see the man's face.
It's rather convenient
for him, wouldn't you say ?
Well, what I would say is that
if you continue in this vein,
we shall just sit here in complete silence
until Davy's lawyer and his guardian arrived.
Yeah !
Just trying to interview
a witness, McCall.
Not a suspect.
What is it ?
Results from latent printing.
Fingerprints on the murder weapon match
the ones on his lunchbox perfectly.
You mean, it was found at the site ?
Galvanized pipe. Victims blood on it.
You better get his lawyer, McCall.
I'm going to have to
read him his rights.
All right, Davy, stand up.
You're under arrest.
Where are you taking me ?
Robert !
What do they going to do to me ?
Davy, I'll get you out of here.
Soon. I promise you.
You promised before.
I don't believe you anymore.
No ! No !
Robert !
I want that man protected
in here, in this precinct.
I do not want him moved
to the tombs or put in a pen.
He's a murder suspect, McCall.
- He has to go to the tombs.
- Come on, Lieutenant Kramer !
- To start with it, he didn't have a motive.
- Well, there could be several.
For one, she was a
very good looking woman.
Maybe he felt he'd never get
close to her, so he flipped out.
Lieutenant, Davy Baylor
is mentally retarded.
He is not crazy. And there is a
great difference, you know.
I'll be back.
Mrs. Baylor !
I'm Robert McCall.
When we spoke, you assured me that
there would be no reason to worry.
How can they think that
Davy could do such a thing ?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Baylor,
but at the moment they seem to have
a great deal of evidence against Davy.
I want to see my son.
No, Mrs. Baylor, you can't see him now.
Only a lawyer can see
him until the arrangement.
I wish that his teachers from the
center were here and able to see this.
Always pushing me to mainstream Davy.
I never should have let
him have that apartment.
I should have kept him at home.
You could hardly keep him
at home forever, Mrs. Baylor.
And what are you going to
do for him, Mr. McCall ?
I'm going to find out
who killed that girl,
so that your son is not
convicted for the crime.
That's what I'm going
to do, Mrs. Baylor.
In a case like Davy's, Mrs. Baylor, they
may want to keep him for observations.
They think he's crazy ?
No, they just want to see that
he understands what's happening,
so he can stand trial.
Davy is coming in now.
Try to look cheery, okay ?
Mom !
Mom !
Mom, I don't like this place.
Turn around and be quiet.
All rise !
Court is in session !
Present the first case.
*** number 2743.
People of the State of New York
versus David William Baylor.
What is the charge ?
Murder in the second degree.
Counselor.
Do you waive a reading of the
warrant of arrest and the charges ?
The defendant waive three.
District Attorney,
you wish to be heard on *** ?
Yes, Your Honor. We do wish to be ***
Since the mandatory sentence for his crimes,
15 years of life.
the state ask that the prisoner
*** in to custodyo of this court
for psychiatric examination.
No !
Stop !
Davy !
Davy !
You can come out.
It's me, Robert.
Davy !
I'm not going back there.
I won't let you take me back.
Davy, I'm not taking you back.
This place isn't safe.
Yes, it is.
Davy, you told me yourself that
friends from work know about this place.
Now, I want to take you somewhere
where the police won't find you.
No !
- Davy !
- I don't trust you anymore.
Davy, you have to trust me.
I'm the only one you can trust.
Wait there. Don't move.
Davy, you go into the water tank.
What ?
Go into your tree-house and don't
come out till I come back for you.
Don't forget.
Say where you are. Don't come out.
Hold it ! McCall ?
- Lieutenant ?
- Is he up there, McCall ?
Oh, yes, absolutely.
Yes. That's why I am on my way down.
Lieutenant, nobody
makes a fool out of me.
Certainly not a boy like that.
I want him as much as
you do now, believe me.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I'll call you when I find him.
As I told you before, you're going
to do a little play acting here, Davy.
See, I want you to relive that
night so that we can find the man.
I'm scared.
There's no need to be scared.
Come on, you and me together, we
could take on the world, right?
Anyway, it's just the two of us here.
Just the two of us.
There she is ghost !
No. No, Davy. Davy, it's not a ghost.
Come here, Davy. Look.
Just look. There's chalk.
Come on.
Come on, see.
It's just chalk.
See what the police had to do ?
They had to draw an outline of
her as she was lying on the ground.
Remember when you were a child...
It didn't happened to me.
You take a pencil and you draw the outline,
you trace around your hand, remember ?
On a piece of paper ?
That's all that is. Just tracing, just chalk.
Alright ?
Right, now, what I want
you to do is tell me
where you were standing that
night when you saw what you saw.
- There !
- Over there ?
Okay, you go there. All right ?
It's alright, I'm here. You go there.
Now, Davy...
This isn't going to
be easy, Davy, I know.
But I want you to take your mind back
to that moment, on that night and I want
you to tell me exactly what you saw.
Come on, Davy, don't
be frightened. I'm here.
We're here together.
I'm here to protect you.
You're hurting me !
Let go !
Please !
What are you doing ?
Don't !
No !
Cheryl !
Cheryl !
Cheryl !
Please, Cheryl, wake up !
Cheryl !
It's him !
Come on, Davy,
tell me in exact detail,
what can you see ?
Come on !
- I see his feet.
- His feet ?
What's he wearing on his
feet, Davy ? Shoes? Boots?
- Sneakers?
- Boots. Tan boots.
Come on, Davy, tell me. Tell me what you see.
Tell me in every detail what do you see.
He's wearing pants. Tan pants.
They have a stripe going down the lane.
They're just like mine.
Just like mine at work.
Just like all the shipping clerks wear.
Good man, Davy. Good man.
Good man, good man.
- Hello, Jimmy. How are you ?
- Terrible.
My marriage counselor just
broke up with his wife.
- Why should that worry you ?
- He's sleeping on my couch.
You have got such good taste
in safe houses. Always have.
I got a job for you.
Pay's the usual amount.
I want you to run a
name through the system.
Who is it ?
Young girl, killed yesterday.
Name is Cheryl Jansen.
I want you to follow her paper trail.
Weddings, divorce, bad
credit, usual stuff.
And then when you found it,
I want you to come back here.
- For dinner ?
- No, no, no.
I wish you to look after a friend of mine.
A boy called Davy Baylor.
- The suspect in the murder ?
- He's innocent. He didn't do it.
He's a nice lad.
He's mentally retarded.
You want me to babysit this guy ?
It's okay, Jimmy.
He's quite capable of looking after himself.
Just want you to watch
out for him, that's all.
Robert, I don't know.
People like him make me uncomfortable.
- Davy !
- McCall !
Davy !
Davy, want you to meet
a friend of mine, Jimmy.
Hi. Davy Baylor. What's your name?
- Jimmy.
- Jimmy...
Try to make him feel comfortable, Davy.
- Come in, Mr. McCall.
- Thank you.
How is he ?
Oh, he's fine, Mrs. Baylor. He's really fine.
I want to see Davy.
Since his father died,
he's all I've got.
Would you like to come over
here for a minute. Please.
See the two gentlemen in that car ?
They are New York Police Department,
and they would love you to try
leave here to see your son.
How do you plan to get back
to him without being followed ?
Mrs. Baylor, they are here
specifically to watch you.
If I discovered I was being
followed, I would know it.
And I have certain ways of losing them.
Well, then why can't
I go along with you ?
Because, if you left here
with me, they would follow us
and they call out the
fleet, and that is too risky.
Please, I want to see my son.
Well, maybe there is a way.
Mrs. Baylor, you have living
staff here, don't you ?
Yes.
Thank you, Mr. McCall.
Two pair.
Flush.
Queen high.
What is this queen high flush thing?
I mean, are you a mechanic or what?
No, I never worked on cars.
Davy, go in the bedroom. I'll handle this.
Davy !
What is going on ?
***
Davy !
Davy, your mother come to see you.
Hi, mom. You want to play
some five cards stud ?
Oh Davy ! Oh my baby !
- Everything is going to be okay.
- Yeah.
I promise.
Jimmy.
- Hey, you know what I did ?
- What ?
I played cards...
Find anything ?
Cheryl had a husband, an older husband.
A few weeks ago, his credit card
placed him in Duluth on business.
Meanwhile, her charge
plate stacking up the bills
that shape beneath
the Roxy & the Rivers End Motel in Connecticut.
So, Cheryl Jansen having an affair.
- The jealous husband got to be the killer.
- No, I doubt that.
You see, the man Davy saw
was wearing a shipping clerk's uniform.
He worked in the
department store with Davy ?
Apparently.
And Cheryl Jansen.
I got a copy of that motel registry.
The fellow she was shacked up with
goes by the name of Will Rattigan.
Davy, do you know
anybody called Rattigan?
Will Rattigan ?
Sure, he's a friend of mine.
We work at the department store together.
- Mr. Rattigan ?
- Yeah.
Mind if I join you?
- Who are you ?
- I'm a friend of Davy Baylors.
It's too bad about Davy.
He was a buddy of mine too.
I never suspected he was...
Go on.
Suspected what ?
That he was capable of
doing something like that.
Oh, but he isn't, is he ?
What ? You think he's innocent ?
Oh yes. I know he's innocent.
To start with, he had no motive.
You, on the other hand,
were seen arguing with Cheryl Jansen
on that very evening, weren't you ?
What is this ?
What is this ?
Who are you, man ?
Are you some kind of a cop ?
No, no.
I get it. Davy's mother
hired you, didn't she ?
She told you to nail somebody with this
beef so her sick old son could run wild.
Get out of here !
Interesting use of the word beef.
Prison jargon, isn't it?
For a criminal charge ?
Look at you. Chair
pressed against the wall,
covering your back like
some paranoid inmate.
What are you saying, man ?
You can always tell.
You've been inside, don't you ?
Why? No, no, let me guess.
You are the kind of man who, when
having a lover's quarrel, brutalizes her, is it ?
Even kills her ?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, try this for a theory.
You wanted Cheryl Jansen
to leave her husband.
She wouldn't.
You couldn't stand
it, so you killed her.
How's that ?
What are you doing with my cup ?
Newspapers said that Davy's fingerprints
were the only ones found in the murder weapon.
Oh, you can't always trust
the newspapers, can't you ?
I know what you are, Mr. Rattigan.
All I have to do is prove it.
I will.
That's right, run away.
Prove my point.
Dad, listen to me.
I am talking about a murder charge here.
You didn't do it, you got
nothing to worry about.
No, I don't think you understand.
They're trying to make
a scapegoat out of me
because they feel so sorry
for that psycho idiot.
Dad, I was walking home
alone when Cheryl got killed.
Now, if the cops come
looking for me, what do I got ?
A record for assault and no alibi.
Look, if anybody asks, just tell them you
picked me up after work and you took me home.
- Now, is that so hard ?
- You call that boy a psycho idiot ?
Used to call him a friend.
Used to go over to his little hideout,
drink a beer with him now and then.
I liked that.
Thought maybe you were finally
learning something about compassion.
What the hell are you talking about ?
Davy's a murderer.
Is he, Will ?
What are you saying to me ?
I used to pray for you, Will.
I used to pray you grow
up without my disease.
But I shouldn't.
I just get the hell out.
Because watching me
batter you mother around
you'll learn things that
no prayer could ever erase.
You think I killed her.
Are you going to help me or not ?
I'm through making excuses for you, Will.
It's *** apartments.
Look, lady, McCall specifically told me...
- Don't "lady" me, Jimmy !
- ... don't let you step out of this...
Davy's prescription has got to be filled or
he's in danger of losing his equilibrium.
Look, lady, it's not like we're playing
a full court game of basketball here.
Let him sit around for a few days.
When things cool off, he could...
Davy needs his medicine every 6 hours.
Now, either you go get this prescription
field or I'm going to go myself.
All right, but I am
doing this under protest.
Don't... Don't go near those windows.
Of course not.
Mom, I never fall down.
What was that all about ?
Come on, Davy, we're
getting out of here, okay ?
No ! Mom, Robert said
to stay right here.
I don't care what Robert said.
I am your mother, and I'm
telling you it is not safe here.
Now, I'm going to take you out of
the city. Now, come on, let's go.
- No, mom !
- Davy, come on !
You got a lot of guts, you know that ?
Coming in here and trying to play
God with me, with my son's life.
Aren't you the one who's trying to play God,
Mr. Rattigan and with Davy Baylor's life ?
You really intend to sacrifice a
man who is innocent ?
- If you had a son...
- I do have a son.
Could you turn him in ?
If my son were trying to lay
the blame on an innocent man,
which would mean that
he would be free to
possibly brutalize more young
women, yes, I would turn him in.
I would have to turn him in.
Please help me with this, Mr. Rattigan.
Tell me what you know. Give me
any proof you have, please.
Come on, Davy.
The plane is leaving right now.
Come on !
... and would arrive at gate 863.
Hey, where is ***
He's in Canada.
Hey, that is far away.
Don't worry about far away, it's safe.
- That's what important.
- No, mom !
I'm running away again like a bad man.
- Like I deserve to ***.
- Davy, please !
Robert says that I'm a good man
and I shouldn't have no run anymore
Davy, baby...
Mom, I'm not a baby !
Don't call me baby. I don't want to go !
But you have to go, do
you hear me, Davy Baylor ?
- You have to. Now, come on !
- No !
Davy !
Leave me alone !
I'm not going !
Jimmy, any luck ?
The computer is down.
We will have to check all the gates.
You better get to the boarding ***
I'll call Kostmayer, ***
Robert...
Where is he ?
I don't know. He ran away from me.
Jimmy, stay with her !
I know where he might have gone.
Yes, so do I.
Mr. McCall, I'm sorry,
It's not me to whom you
should apologize, Mrs. Baylor.
Hello, Mr. Rattigan.
Why don't you put that weapon down
before things get worse for you ?
Back off, man.
Back off !
You've got nothing on me.
But I do an eyewitness, Davy Baylor.
I also have the boots
that you were wearing,
spattered with the girl's blood.
You're lying.
Your father gave them to me.
Come on, put the weapon down.
Don't be a fool !
Davy !
Hey, man, where are you ?
Davy !
Davy !
I'm hurt !
Get off the tree house !
Davy, get out of there !
Run *** !
No, Will !
Are you all right ?
Get up on your feet !
***
Now, find a weapon. Find something.
A piece of wood
or a bar or something.
Now, fight for me, Davy !
Come on !
Come on. Right, now, listen.
He's going to come down these stairs.
It's the only way he can come down.
Davy, run from the stairs !
Now !
Leave him !
Leave him alone.
Robert, who is it ?
The police, Davy.
Is the police.
No !
No, they won't hurt me !
Davy, put the gun down !
***
Help... Help me, Robert !
Drop the gun !
Help me, Robert, please !
Low your weapons.
- He doesn't understand.
- Stay out of the way !
Steady.
Put the gun down, Davy.
Davy, please !
I'm an old, tired man.
And I'm in pain,
Now, you are young and you are strong
and you have already won
this battle, Davy, without a gun.
You've won it. You're the kind of
man who doesn't need a gun.
Now, would you please give it to me ?
Please. Come on.
Davy...
They're not going to hurt me ?
You're not going to
hurt him, are you, sergeant ?
No, we won't hurt him.
They're not gonna hurt you, Davy.
Come on, give me the gun.
Please.
Good man, Davy.
Good man.
- Mom, say thank you to Robert.
- Thank you, Robert !
Not at all, Irene.
- Oh, I'm...
- It's all right. It's all right.
Now, listen, I want you two guys to come over
my place for dinner, Wednesday night, okay?
- Right, right.
- Cooking cheeseburgers.
You're on !
Mom, you can come, too.
Okay.
Davy !
May I take you home ?
No, mom. I know my own way home.
Come on, Irene, will take you home.
Jimmy, you drive.
Transcribed by Adr1an